Towards a categorification of scattering amplitudes

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Authors Severin Barmeier, Prafulla Oak, Aritra Pal, Koushik Ray, Hipolito Treffinger

Publication date 28 December 2021

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cluster algebras (13F60) Auslander-Reiten sequences (almost split sequences) and Auslander-Reiten quivers (16G70) Feynman diagrams (81T18) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: Categorification of scattering amplitudes for planar Feynman diagrams in scalar field theories with a polynomial potential is reported. Amplitudes for cubic theories are directly written down in terms of projectives of hearts of intermediate $t$-structures restricted to the cluster category of quiver representations, without recourse to geometry. It is shown that for theories with $ph{i}^{m+2}$ potentials those corresponding to $m$-cluster categories are to be used. The case of generic polynomial potentials is treated and our results suggest the existence of a generalization of higher cluster categories which we call pseudo-periodic categories. An algorithm to obtain the projectives of hearts of intermediate $t$-structures for these types is presented.

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